Gracie Morton Pwerle - BUSH PLUM LEAVES GM1650

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Gracie was born in 1956 at Utopia Station. She is the daughter of artist Myrtle Petyarre who is sister to Gloria, Kathleen, Ada and Violet Petyarre. Gracie began her painting career in the 1980s at Utopia working initially with batik,

and before only recently transposing her designs onto canvas which has allowed for the progressive development of her skills as a painter. Her paintings are distinctively minimalist, highlighted by delicate dotting and a traditional palette derived from the colour variation uses an aerial perspective to portray the seasonal changes of the bush plum, her most commonly depicted subject known to the Alyawarre people as Arnwekety. It is a plant of great significance to the women of Gracie's traditional country, Mosquito Bore which has been passed down to Gracie from her father and her aunt, who are responsible for ensuring that she perseveres its traditions.

Open to outside influence, Gracie's style has evolved into the highly detailed spectre as it presently appears. Her work is quite brilliant, comprised of laborious fine dots in intricate patterns, all associated with stories of her Dreamtimes.

Gracie's work has been widely displayed and is represented in major collections.